COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HANDGRIP STRENGTH WITH BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) AMONG STUDENTS IN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY DUTSE

The study was conducted at Faculty of science, Federal University Dutse, Dutse LGA. Jigawa State Nigeria. Using random sampling, a total of 500 Students of Federal University Dutse, faculty of Science were assessed. These were categorized into male and female. A cross-sectional descriptive study of 500 adolescents attending Federal University Dutse, Faculty of Science, in Northwestern Nigeria was carried out to examine the association of HGS with the BMI. It was observed that the hand grip strength in both males and females are significant as the value of p is <0.05. The estimation of right handgrip strength with age, and it has shown that it have no significance because p=0.058. The estimation of left handgrip strength with age, and it has shown that it has significance because the value of p=0.0174. The right handgrip strength was higher in males than females. The handgrip strength was not always higher with respect to age. Having higher BMI does not determine higher grip strength and vice versa.